The Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform (WONPR), Pennsylvania Division was formed in 1929. A membership
organization, the Pennsylvania Division acted as a political action committee to support the repeal of Prohibition. The records
consist of Executive Committee minutes, administrative files, financial records, and membership records.

Brooke Farm is an affluent housing development located in Wayne, PA on property that once belonged to Joseph N. Du Barry III
and his wife Ella Brock Du Barry. Ella Du Barry had been on the Executive Committee of the Philadelphia County Division of
WONPR. At the committee's first meeting on October 16, 1930 she was asked to maintain the membership cards, and accepted the
task. Her sister Fanny (Mrs. W.W. Montgomery, Jr.) was treasurer of the Pennsylvania Division of WONPR, which may account
for other records being stored in the barn as part of the collection.

The Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform (WONPR) was officially founded in Chicago in May 1929 and was led
by Pauline Morton Sabin of New York. Sabin, the first woman to serve on the National Republican Committee, had resigned her
position because of the dominance of the "dry" faction and its party's support for Prohibition. The WONPR divided the United
States into fourteen regions with regional directors; each state had its own chair. The WONPR National Committee investigated
the increase in drunkenness and effect of Prohibition, operated a publicity campaign, created a speakers' bureau, spoke at
legislative hearings, and enrolled members. WONPR had no mandatory membership dues. To join, a woman merely had to sign a
card which stated several beliefs and that she was enrolling as a member.

At its first national convention in Cleveland in April 1930, conference participants supported repeal, not moderation of the
act, and favored state regulation of manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. State chapters were largely
autonomous, with the primary obligation to the national organization being a financial commitment of 10 percent of the state
WONPR funds. By 1931, WONPR had 1.5 million members nation-wide. While membership came from all economic levels, locally and
nationally prominent women filled leadership positions. This was due less to a desire to indulge "society" women who wanted
to start at the top, than to political reality. WONPR leaders had to be women of impeccable community standing who had long
been active in local public affairs, in order both to assuage public uneasiness over the appropriateness of women working
against prohibition and to counter hysterical dry claims that the organization was dominated by booze-thirsty barflies. WONPR
also supported state ratifying conventions to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment. The WONPR was formally abolished in December
1933 after the thirty-sixth state voted for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment.

The Pennsylvania Division of WONPR was formed December 6, 1929 at the home of Elizabeth Conway Clark of Bryn Mawr. Maria N.
Dougherty was elected Acting Chairman at that meeting, and elected Chair at the first statewide conference in Harrisburg in
1930. She refused re-nomination in October 1932, and Elizabeth Conway Clark was elected as her successor. During Dougherty's
time as Chair, state membership increased from 19 to nearly 100,000 women.

At the October 1930 statewide conference a plan of organization was created, which divided the 67 counties into nine regions,
each under a regional chair. The regional chair's jurisdiction comprised the counties in definite congressional districts,
each county managed by a county chair, with officers and committees modeled after the state plan. Many local headquarters
were established, as well as two state headquarters -- one in Philadelphia, and one in Harrisburg for the convenience of delegates
from all parts of the state to call upon the legislators.

The Pennsylvania Division became involved in two bitterly fought political campaigns during the first year of its existence.
The first was the spring primaries of 1930, and the second campaign was the November 1930 general election. When the regular
Republican candidates refused to come out squarely for or against Prohibition, Repeal Organizations entered candidates pledged
to a Repeal platform. A "vigorous and colorful fight" was waged on behalf of Thomas W. Phillips for Governor, Charles Dorrance
for Lieutenant Governor, and Francis H. Bohlen for United States Senator. Although these candidates lost the primaries, the
apparent defeat was considered the greatest forward stride taken for repeal in Pennsylvania. It encouraged the Repealists
to back John M. Hemphill, Liberal and Democratic candidate for Governor, in opposing "dry" Gifford Pinchot. After Hemphill
lost the election, the Pennsylvania Division turned to a bombardment of Pennsylvania's members in the Congress, and in the
General Assembly. Candidates and incumbents were persistently subjected to questionnaires and personal visits from constituents;
voting by members of both parties on matters related to WONPR's cause was closely watched, and opponents were called to a
strict accounting.

During the 1932 political campaign, the state branches of WONPR held a Repeal Week, which was a week in May devoted to an
intensive publicity campaign and a drive for members and funds. During Repeal Week the Pennsylvania Division conducted a tour
of buses with amplifying equipment to carry speakers through the southeastern counties of Pennsylvania. The climax of Repeal
Week was a revue entitled "The Merry-Go-Round," which proved to be one of the outstanding shows of the year in Philadelphia.

The campaign in Pennsylvania for ratification of the 21st Amendment had been launched early, as part of a political program
that included work for the repeal of the Snyder-Armstrong Act, the enactment of an omnibus bill for liquor control, and for
passage of the Blaine Resolution. Because of the efforts of the Pennsylvania Division's Congressional and Legislative Committee,
the McClure Bill was finally passed in May 1933, providing for the state convention to vote on the 21st Amendment. WONPR then
proceeded to obtain signatures to the nominating petitions of the Repeal delegates. Before the election of November 7th, three
large motor cavalcades were organized to carry speakers and publicity materials into all sections of the state. The election
went four to one for ratification. The Pennsylvania Division of WONPR passed a resolution to formally disband at the end of
December 1933.

This series includes files for various Pennsylvania counties. There are files about candidates who ran for office in the 1930
Pennsylvania primary and general election, and for the candidates in the 1932 Presidential election. There are files about
the convention delegates for the 1933 convention to vote on the 21st Amendment. The series also includes correspondence, information
pertaining to delegates to the Democratic and Republican national conventions in 1932, and files about state and national
legislation. There are also files about Pennsylvania and United States legislators, and letters written to WONPR about the
pros and cons of prohibition and about WONPR's efforts. Series II also includes liquor control system literature, as well
as material on the New York office of WONPR, and WONPR organization. The
National Information Service bulletin dated May 31, 1933 gives figures of votes for referenda in the various states during Prohibition, along with the
subjects of the referenda.

This series also includes literature on liquor control systems adopted by several other states and foreign countries, as well
as material from the New York office of WONPR, and on WONPR's internal organization. The National Information Service bulletin
dated May 31, 1933 gives figures of votes for referenda in the various states during Prohibition, along with the subjects
of the referenda. This series also includes petitions, publicity, extensive newspaper clippings, speeches given by members
of the Pennsylvania Division of WONPR, and files about the Wickersham Commission's investigations on Prohibition enforcement
and the crime and corruption associated with bootleg liquor.

Contains bank statements and cancelled checks from several bank accounts. There are also some bookkeeping records from 1930-1931,
and records of receipts and expenses. There are also treasurer's and auditor's reports, appeals, correspondence, and membership
contributions and pledges. Another section is duplicate receipt cards, which list the contributions made by each member during
the life of the Pennsylvania Division of WONPR.

This series begins with some membership lists. Most of these lists are for Philadelphia. The bulk of the series is membership
cards for individual members. Many of the cards are organized by county, and then alphabetically by members' name. There is
also a section of cards that is a "master list -- contributions prospect list."

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City names of members who received 50 cards or more, April 9, undated (1930?)

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Members (partial list), May 19, 1930

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College group and labor -- veterans of foreign wars, 1930

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Members in the 42nd ward

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Occupational, 1932

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Membership cards and literature -- quantities mailed, 1930

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Membership lists -- Philadelphia, 1930-1931

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Membership totals; and membership cards given out during, 1933

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Philadelphia County -- Members -- Wards 1 to 6

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Philadelphia members, 1930-1931

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Philadelphia members -- Executive Committee, Membership Committee, Members who might help if approached

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Philadelphia members -- Ward 52, 1931

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Membership cards - Adams County

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Membership cards - Allegheny County, A-D

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Membership cards, Allegheny County, E-J

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Membership cards, Allegheny County, P-S

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Membership cards - Allegheny County, T-Z

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Membership cards - Armstrong County

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Membership cards - Beaver County

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Membership cards - Bedford County

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Membership cards - Berks County, A-F

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Membership cards - Blair County

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Membership cards - Bradford County

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Membership cards - Bucks County

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Membership cards - Butler County

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Membership cards - Chester County, A-D

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Membership cards - Clarion County, A-Q

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Membership cards - Clearfield County

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Membership cards - Elk County

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Membership cards - Fayette County

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Membership cards - Forest County

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Membership cards - Lancaster County

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Membership cards - Lawrence County

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Membership cards - Lehigh County, A-C

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Membership cards - Luzerne County, A-D

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Membership cards - Lycoming County, A-B

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Membership cards - Northumberland County

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Membership cards - Fort Mifflin Navy Yard

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Membership cards -- Philadelphia County - Cannot be found in street directory